An Auburn man called the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office after his teenage son was shot with a BB gun.

According to the report, the teenager was bringing in the trash can from the end of the driveway when he felt something “sting” his leg.

When he looked up, he noticed a man standing outside the house next door laughing at him.

The man reportedly said, "Aww, that couldn't of hurt it was only a Daisy BB gun, I didn't even hit you."

The teenager returned to his house and told his father what happened.

The father said the perpetrator lived nearby. The father wanted the incident reported because he said the BB could have put his son’s eye out. The man added that the perpetrator “is around 28 years old and he should know better than to shoot BB guns at people.”

So, in your most intelligent opinion, as long as you are 50 feet from the road, it is ok to fire a gun at people? I think problems with laws and ordinances stem from people with a complete lack of common sense.

to Aonoymous 1,2,3
I for one is a NRA and belive BB Gun could be fun for kids, but that does not give any person to shoot anyone that are doing nothing to be shoot. I got one question for the three of you how would you like you child being shot while getting the trash can from the road and not bothering anyone and on his own property ? and if you say that it is okay to do that then you need parenting class or DEFACS called

I think the first comment didn't mean it was okay to shot a gun because of the last statement. I think he/she was responding because of a previous article on someone complaining about guns in residential areas. I read the article. Some lady was complaining about people in her area shooting guns on or near her property. And yes according to Barrow County ordinances you can shot a gun as long as you are 50 feet from the road. Give an jerk a loop hole and he will take advantage of it.

Yea -- I live next to one of those fools. Yesterday he was pulling up his deer stand in his back yard. Getting ready for Saturdays season opening. We live in a subdivision!!!! The sad truth of the story -- some kids going to have to be killed before the government of Barrow wakes up and smells the coffee!

That might be true, except in Barrow County -- you can sit in your back yard and shot.

The ordinance state that agriculture is zoned for hunting BUT it does not specifically state you can't hunt in residential. It DOES specifically state you have to be further than 50 feet from a public road to shot a gun.

This means that any fool with a gun can hunt inside a subdivision as long as he's more than 50 feet from the road.

It's because of fools that we have to govern people and make so many rules.

Not sure (again) what you are trying to say, but the comment is "problems with laws and ordinances stem from...lack of common sense". Not "laws and ordinances stem from...lack of common sense". Big difference there.
Laws and ordinances, themselves, come from the fact that we can't trust people to do what is right. As the fool with the BB gun has so aptly proven.

I think what they are saying, and which you so conveniently seem to miss the point on is ...

Barrow County needs an ordinance against shooting guns (any kind of gun) in areas zoned residential both within city limits and in unincorporated (outside the city limits)areas.

I checked the code and it's unlawful to shot a gun in a area zoned residential if you are within the city limits. However if you live in unincorporated (outside the city limits) Barrow County you can shot a gun in a area zoned residential.

And it's the current commissioners who are making Barrow like Gwinnett. They just recently zoned for apartments - that's HIGH DENSITY! They go around happily zoning anything and everything residential.

If you want it to remain "country" then the undeveloped areas zoned residential need to be rezoned back to agriculture.

So you think it's okay to shot guns in residential areas as long as you consider them to be in the countryside? What do bullets not travel as far in the country as they do in the city? Population density is population density.

shooting bb gun at anyone is wrong but you all are trying to make a small thing into some into some big than it is. Did you ever thing there must be another reason their was not charges, like info that is not public knowledge too or me. and like I said before if you don't like living in the country side then move back to the city and stay out of country if you can't handle people with gun

So you DO THINK it's okay to shoot guns in areas zoned residential as long as You consider the area country side.

Once again population density is population density.

And since you don't seen to grasp that concept -- it means that houses are being built within 100 feet of each other. The number of people per sq mile increases depending on the number of houses built in the subdivision.

Once a subdivision goes in, it STOPS BEING COUNTRY SIDE AND BECOMES RESIDENTIAL.

The reason it doesn't show any charges is because "The incident remains under investigation." Once all the investigation is complete, I think charges will be filed. I lived in a subdivision in Bethlehem and yes I called the law on this one neighbor, but he was trespassing, had his deer stands on our property and would wake the dead up on Sunday mornings with his high powered rifle, could the cops do anything yes and no. The stands were removed by the game warden, their hateful signs were turned over to the law and in the end we moved out from there. Not because of them but because of other reasons.

Now we were told, because we like to shoot guns too, that as long as your 500 feet from a main road, on your own property and used COMMON sense you could shoot away. I think if you have more than 4 acres then yes you have enough area to set up a good shooting area, keeping in mind there is NO houses behind ya.

Now about this guy; I am sorry if this IDIOT shot my child with a BB gun that BB gun would be history.

I have seen a few situations like this arise in my local area (it's how I stumbled upon the article) and I must say, this is so true. There's not enough regulation on all projectiles, in my opinion. I've seen people seriously hurt when all it was meant to be was a game. Dangerous stuff.

COPS were good! But still, people have to carry something for self-defense - taser gun or at least a collapsible baton.

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